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Sedona's Healing Arts For Women: Yoga, Qi Gong, Ayurveda and More

Program No. 1063RJ

Join other women in the inspiring setting of Sedona to learn about and practice a range of healing techniques, focusing on mind, body, spiritual well-being and longevity.

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6 days

5 nights

13 meals

5B 4L 4D

Check-in, Registration, Orientation, Welcome Dinner

Sedona, AZ

Nomadics Class, Art Therapy, Yoga & Meditation

Sedona, AZ

Qi Gong, Jin Shin Jyutsu, Vortex Hike

Sedona, AZ

Acupuncture, Yoga, Nutrition, Essential Oils

Sedona, AZ

Qi Gong, Ayurveda, Free Time, Music

Sedona, AZ

Nomadics, Holistic Health, Program Conclusion

Sedona, AZ

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At a Glance

Come to Sedona and be immersed in some of America’s most breathtaking scenery while exploring ancient and new practices designed to bring your mind, body and spirit into harmony. Join with like-minded women to cultivate techniques aimed at self-healing, good health and longevity. Learn about holistic healing and plants endemic to this high-desert environment. See why so many seek out Sedona for metaphysical meaning and spiritual healing.

Activity Level

Easy Going

Some walking on even ground. Elevations of 4,500 feet.

Small Group

Love to learn and explore in a small-group setting? These adventures offer small, personal experiences with groups of 13 to 24 participants.

Best of all, you’ll…

Sessions include exploration of qi gong, Jin Shin Jyutsu, yoga, Ayurveda, meditation and other healing arts.
Begin or elevate your practice under the tutelage of experienced practitioners from Sedona.
Hike into Sedona's famed red rocks to soak in their natural beauty, healing powers and spiritual energy.

General Notes

Due to the nature of this program, listening devices are not available.

Featured Expert

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Cheryl Brenman

A licensed massage therapist with over 30 years of experience, Cheryl Brenman is a certified yoga and nomadics teacher and a certified Jin Shin Jyutsu self help instructor. While managing a private massage practice, Cheryl also teaches Swedish massage at the Sedona School of Massage, as well as yoga and nomadics at Los Abrigatos Health Spa. She has produced a nomadics DVD specifically for her older students.

Please note: This expert may not be available for every date of this program.

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Veronica Vida View biography

Veronica is an astrologer and expressive art therapist with a deep concern and passion for individual and planetary healing. She brings 30 years of experience in women’s spirituality, facilitating sacred rituals and ceremony. Veronica has worked with women, children, and families in a variety of settings, as a midwife, teacher, and therapist. Combining this rich experience with a master’s in counseling and expressive art therapy allows her to bring insight, compassion and creativity to her work.

Elena Bullard View biography

Elena Bullard began her yoga training at the age of four when her grandmother taught her Sanskrit chants. After receiving a B.A. in archaeology and an M.A. in sociology, urban planning and architecture, Elena spent the next 25 years in the corporate world, and as adjunct faculty at Arizona State University. In 1995, Elena settled with her husband in Verde Valley, and became a full-time certified instructor, leading a yoga certification course at the Arizona School of Integrative Studies.

John Graham View biography

John Graham holds a degree in fine art from the University of Washington, and shares his love of nature through his oil paintings and alabaster carvings. He is a master gardener and maintains a landscaping maintanance business in Sedona, Ariz. John is fascinated by the study of UFOs and vortex energies, and enjoys sharing his knowledge with lifelong learners.

Shaeri Richards View biography

Shaeri Richards is an inspiring speaker, hypnotherapist, improv teacher and the award-winning author of “Dancing with your Dragon: The Art of Loving your Unlovable Self.” Ms. Richards’ talents are many. Her background includes a 30-year career in radio and television journalism, filmmaking, acting and music. She's the author of an audio book for children and the writer/director of an award winning short film. Her spiritual studies are vast, and include ten years of training in a Sedona, Arizona mystery school founded by her mother.

Patricia Fonseca View biography

Patricia Fonseca has lived in Sedona since 2001. While her first career was that of attorney and legal author, she found new balance and purpose in her life when she began working with mentors for meditation, yoga, and the ancient Ayurvedic traditions. This new understanding led her to transition her career to include teaching in meditation, yoga and Ayurvedic lifestyle. She is also a hiking and nature expert and has developed her own line of Ayurvedic jewelry.

Wendy Lindahl View biography

Wendy Lindahl is a creative catalyst, wellness guide, and muse in the Sedona community for the past 17 years. She creates and performs community building and inspired Music-Song-Dance experiences for peace, healing, and sacred ceremony. At Enchantment Resort, and privately, she offers Ceremony and Celebrations, Intuitive Readings, Dreamwork, and Creative Mentoring. She brings us her love of Body, Mother Earth, Spirit, and the Wisdom Within.

Suggested Reading List (7 books)

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Sedona's Healing Arts For Women: Yoga, Qi Gong, Ayurveda and More

Program Number: 1063

Sacred: Ways of Knowledge, Sources of Life

by Beck, Peggy; Walters, Anna; Francisco, Nia

An informative introduction to traditional and contemporary religious concepts of North American Indians, and a standard reference for all U.S. and Canadian universities. 384pp

Impossible Cure: The Promise of Homeopathy

by Amy Lansky

Impossible Cure: The Promise of Homeopathy provides an in-depth and exciting account of the history, philosophy, and experience of homeopathic medicine. At the core of Impossible Cure is the amazing story of how the author's son was cured of autism with homeopathy. It also includes dozens of other testimonials of homeopathic cure, for a variety of physical, mental, and emotional conditions. Impossible Cure will serve as an invaluable guide to anyone interested in learning more about this intriguing form of health care. It has won endorsements from leading experts in alternative health care.

A Year of Living Your Yoga: Daily Practices to Shape Your Life

by Judith Hanson Lasater

Judith Hanson Lasater has been teaching an annual yoga retreat at Feathered Pipe Ranch, in Helena, Montana, for 28 years. When she learned that one of her students was collecting Lasater’s thoughts — which she called “Judith’s aphorisms” — Lasater decided to collect them in this book. Featuring one thought for each day of the year, along with a suggested practice, these brief, powerful insights reflect the author’s knowledge of classic yoga philosophy and years of experience. Humorous, inspiring, and surprisingly down-to-earth, they guide seekers both on and off the yoga mat. These aphorisms address love, asana, fear, trust, expectations, pranayama, suffering, laughter, presence, the Yoga Sutra, and much more. They emphasize the experience of being present to one's self and to life’s ups and downs — day by day, breath by breath, moment by moment. A Year of Living Your Yoga is a gentle invitation to readers to know themselves on a deeper level.

Heal Your Body: The Mental Causes for Physical Illness and the Metaphysical Way to Overcome Them

by Louise L. Hay

This is a fresh and easy step-by-step guide, set up in an A-Z format. Just look up your specific health challenge and you will find the probable cause for this health issue, as well as the information you need to overcome it by creating a new thought pattern.

Sedona Hikes: 135 Day Hikes and 5 Vortex Sites around Sedona, Arizona

by Richard K. Mangum and Sherry G. Mangum

The best Sedona hiking guide! First released in 1992, the authors have worked constantly to keep this guide updated and current through this new, revised 6th edition. Each hike is shown on two facing pages with complete directions to the trailhead, description of the hike, interesting historical information and a map. Each hike also has an elevation change graph, season-to-hike graph, difficulty and mileage graph and a how-crowded graph. There is a beautiful eight-page section of color photos in the middle of the book.

Peaceful Arts: Tai Chi, Meditation, Yoga, Stretching

by John Hudson, Paul Tucker, Marks Evans

The related disciplines of yoga, meditation, and tai chi are brought together in this practical guide to harmonizing your whole being. Become more in tune with yourself through the synchronization of body, mind, and spirit.

Prescription for Nutritional Healing: A Practical A-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs, and Food Supplements

by Phyllis Balch and James Balch

Written by a medical doctor and a certified nutritional consultant, this comprehensive guide to nutritional, herbal, and complementary therapies discusses natural healing programs for some 300 health conditions. Arranged in alphabetical order, it's a useful ready-reference tool, although it could have benefited from a good bibliography.

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